Impact of long-term exposure to air particulate matter on life expectancy and survival rate of Shanghai residents / 生物医学与环境科学（英文）

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the impact of long-term air particulate matter exposure on the life expectancy and survival rate of Shanghai residents.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Epidemiology--based exposure-response function was used for the calculation of attributable deaths to air particulate matter in Shanghai, and the effect of long-term exposure to particulate matter on life expectancy and survival rate was estimated using the life table of Shanghai residents in 1999.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>It was shown that in 1999, the long-term air particulate matter exposure caused 1.34-1.69 years reduction of life expectancy and a decrease of survival rate for each age group of Shanghai residents.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The effect of long-term exposure to air particulate matter on life expectancy is substantial in Shanghai.</p>